Flaming Lips:Pontiac,MI
Clutch Cargos, 4/30/03
Setlist
Race for the Prize
Fight Test
The Gash
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (pt.
1)
Lightning Strikes the
Postman
One More Robot (sympathy
3000-21)
She Don't Use Jelly
In the Morning of the
Magicians
Waiting for Superman
Do You Realize
A Spoonful Weighs a
Ton
(Encore)
What is the Light
Observer
After finding
out that tickets to see the Flaming Lips and Beck were over 50 dollars back in
November at the Detroit Opera House, I thought I were forever doomed to spend a
Flaming Lips-less existence. Well, thankfully that was not the case. Thanks to
my good friend Justin, I was given a second chance after all. Regardless of the
fact that I had finals the week of the concert and really could have used
the money I was spending on tickets for something more vital like say, food
or bills, I knew I could not miss the Lips this time around. Even though I
felt just a tad bit guilty for dragging Justin along to probably the
weirdest concert of his life (thank you Justin!), I can say, it was worth it.
This concert was a Jenny wonderland: balloons, confetti, sparkly toys, blow up
robots, space music, strobe lights, and just about anything that can trick
your senses into think you are dropping acid. (even though Jenny wouldn't know
about dropping acid, so don't be getting any wrong ideas!) Overall, this
concert was priceless, if you haven't heard the Flaming Lips yet or haven't
been to a concert of their's, I highly suggest you check them out! Also,
keep an eye out on them for their movie "Christmas on Mars" coming out in
December 2003. If that sparks your interest, check out www.flaminglips.com
Jenny's Favorite Flaming Lips Show Moments
1. The pink plastic robots on stage
2. Wayne coming out during the opening sets to terrorize the band/audience with his portable strobe light
3. The band coming out in animal suits (and even a Santa Suit!)
4. The huge bags of confetti the band kept throwing at the audience
5. strobe lights
6. sparkly toys
7. The scenes from "Cool Hand Luke" shown on the projector during "Fight Test"
8. The huge muscle hands Wayne put on during "A Spoonful Weighs a Ton"
9. The freaky Japanese flick shown on the projector during "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"
10. The Nun handpuppet Wayne had on that sang "Yoshimi"
11. The huge balloons floating around on the main floor that the audience kept hitting in the air until Wayne popped them with the neck of his guitar
12. The band singing "Happy Birthday" to three random people in the audience
13. The fake blood Wayne poured over his face before singing "Happy Birthday"
14. The songs of course!
15. The look on Justin's face...
